2 SCHOOL OFFICIALS PLAN VISIT TO OCR

Palm Beach County Schools Superintendent Monica Uhlhorn and Deputy Superintendent Bernard Shulman will pay an informal visit to the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights in Atlanta on Friday, Oct. 14.

The school district is under the scrutiny of OCR officials for racial imbalance in some schools.

District officials face a June 1995 deadline to achieve racial balance goals established by OCR officials.

Shulman said no official business will take place.

"It will be just a cordial communication type of thing," he said.

"It is one thing to write a letter, but it's another thing to talk. It is a part of an effort for us to keep a good communication with them."

If the district fails to achieve the goals, $60 million in federal money could be lost.

Attorneys for the district and outside counsel from a national law firm are gathering information requested by OCR officials.

OCR officials recently sent school officials a letter warning that some schools' black population had increased, which was a violation of racial balance goals.

Attorneys for the district are devising ways to prevent drastic action from the federal government.